Abstract: A button-type secondary battery includes a lower can having a bottom surface; an upper can having a top, the upper can and the lower can being coupled to define a space therein; an electrolyte in the space; an electrode assembly in the space and including a negative electrode, a separator, and a positive electrode wound together; a gasket between the upper can and the lower can to electrically insulate the upper and lower cans; a top insulator that is electrically insulating and covering a top surface of the electrode assembly; and a bottom insulator that is electrically insulating and covering a bottom surface of the electrode assembly. The top and bottom insulators are each configured to expand in volume by absorbing the electrolyte. Surfaces of at least one of the top insulator and the bottom insulator are coated with a protective layer to prevent thermal shrinkage from occurring.

Abstract: Provided are a vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus and a control method thereof. The vehicle sensor cleaning apparatus includes a liquid sprayer configured to spray washer fluid on at least one sensor arranged in a vehicle, an air sprayer configured to spray air on the at least one sensor, a liquid controller configured to control washer fluid spraying of the liquid sprayer, and an air controller configured to control air spraying of the air sprayer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition including decursinol as an active ingredient for preventing or treating angina, arteriosclerosis, cerebral infarction, and hypertension. Poorly soluble decursinol was found to improve angina, arteriosclerosis, cerebral infarction, prostate hypertrophy, and diabetic hypertension by inhibiting the overgrowth of vascular endothelial cells, and is expected to be usable in the development of a composition for preventing or treating angina, arteriosclerosis, cerebral infarction, prostate hypertrophy, and diabetic hypertension.

Abstract: A fingerprint ridge digital enhancement apparatus includes: a fingerprint image obtainer configured to obtain a fingerprint image; a pixel value extractor configured to divide an area with ridges and an area without ridges in the fingerprint image, and to extract a pixel value according to a color model for each area; an outlier detector configured to detect an outlier of the pixel value according to the color model for each area; a correction operator configured to calculate the average and standard deviation of pixel values according to the color model for each area from which the outlier is removed; a parameter operator configured to set a parameter that is a criterion for dividing each area, and to operate a reference value of the parameter; and a matrix operator configured to generate and operate a matrix including the pixel value according to the color model of the fingerprint image and the reference value of the parameter.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a nanostructure for detecting viruses including an amphipathic polymer, and a diagnostic platform using the same, wherein the nanostructure is capable of specifically detecting viruses through silica-based nanoparticles with excellent stability and high dispersion and a biocompatible amphipathic polymer, such that it is possible to develop a diagnostic platform with high sensitivity through binding and agglomeration of the nanostructure and viruses and enable rapid and accurate diagnosis of a target virus.

Abstract: An optical film for a display device, includes: a first refractive layer having an upper surface and a lower surface including first projections and second projections extending away from the lower surface in a first direction, the second projections having different heights than the first projections, the first projections having lateral sides with different angles of inclination that decrease in the first direction; and a second refractive layer disposed directly on the upper surface of the first refractive layer, the second refractive layer having a refractive index different from that of the first refractive layer.

Abstract: A button type secondary battery includes a wound electrode assembly; a lower can with the electrode assembly and an electrolyte in the lower can; a top plate to close the lower can; a positive electrode terminal coupled to the top plate through a gasket to be electrically insulated from the top plate with a portion of the positive electrode terminal passing through a hole in the top plate to be bonded to a positive electrode tab; a top insulator covering a top surface of the electrode assembly; and a bottom insulator covering a bottom surface of the electrode assembly. The top insulator and the bottom insulator are each configured to expand in volume by absorbing the electrolyte. Surfaces of at least one or more of the top insulator and the bottom insulator are coated with a protective layer configured to prevent thermal shrinkage from occurring.

Abstract: A composition for strengthening, developing, differentiating, or regenerating muscle, or preventing, ameliorating, or treating muscle loss or muscle fatigue includes a Schizonepeta tenuifolia extract as an effective component. The Schizonepeta tenuifolia extract as an effective component has the effects of restoring the viability of muscle cells, increasing the endurance time on the rotarod performance test, i.e., the holding time without falling off from the rod, compared to the control group, reducing the content of LDH, AST, and ALT in blood, increasing the grip strength, enhancing the expression amount of energy metabolism-related genes in muscle tissues, increasing the density of muscle fibers in muscle tissues, inducing a change in the fibroblast arrangement to have a well-organized structure, and reducing the expression of MuRF1 in muscle tissues, as compared to the control group.

Abstract: Provided is a rubber socket having a structure with a built-in component. In the rubber socket with a built-in component, a connection sheet having components attached to an upper surface, a lower surface, or upper and lower surfaces of a conductive sheet composed of a conductive part and an insulating part is detachably coupled to the upper surface, the lower surface, or the upper and lower surfaces, and a guide sheet made of an inelastic insulating material is attached to an upper side, a lower side, or upper and lower sides of the connection sheet, and characteristics of a tester or a device to be tested may be tested using the components.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a maritime wireless communication system comprises a communication module installed in the at least one buoy, providing sensing information, identification information, and location information for the at least one buoy and a gateway device installed in each of a fishing vessel terminal device and a managing vessel terminal device, performing communication with the at least one buoy and a land control center via a long range (LoRa)-based communication network to provide various types of fishery information, and setting different communication options for a normal condition and the event condition in performing a communication connection function.

Abstract: Disclosed are an oral film and stick jelly containing glutathione and a milk thistle extract. Provided are an oral disintegrating film, an oral mucosal adhesive film, and a stick jelly that contain glutathione, a milk thistle extract, or the like as an active ingredient, and thus are highly efficacious in improving absorption in the oral mucosa, antioxidant activity, and anti-inflammatory activity, strengthening immunity, and enhancing liver function of humans and companion animals.

Abstract: A display device includes first and second electrodes, light-emitting elements on the first and second electrodes, data lines extending from a pad area to a display area, connection wirings spaced apart from the data lines and extending from the pad area to a non-display area on respective sides of the display area, first pads overlapping the data lines in the pad area, and second pads overlapping the connection wirings, wherein the connection wirings include a first connection wiring overlapping a second pad, a second connection wiring not overlapping the second pad and overlapping the first connection wiring in the non-display area, and a third connection wiring overlapping the first connection wiring and electrically connected to the second pad, wherein the first and third connection wirings overlap each other in the pad area, and the first, second, and third connection wirings overlap each other in the non-display area.

Abstract: A method for treating a cell damage-related disease, including administering a composition to a subject in need thereof. The composition contains, as an active ingredient, one or more selected from the group consisting of stem cells genetically engineered to overexpress a carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule (CEACAM) family protein, cells differentiated from the stem cells, and components derived from the stem cells.

Abstract: This invention relates to a positive photosensitive resin composition that includes a siloxane copolymer of two kinds of reactive silane compounds with specific structures wherein residual impurities such as unreacted monomers and catalysts are minimized, and a UV absorber including one or more kinds of phenol hydroxyl groups capable of crosslinking and an alkoxy group. Accordingly, the resin composition exhibits excellent performances such as sensitivity, resolution, and degree of planarization, and also has excellent weatherability and UV absorbance, thereby providing excellent panel reliability.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a biodegradable and eco-friendly organic-inorganic hybrid microcapsule having few toxic substances with high versatility and economical efficiency by using a pickering emulsion method with a specific outer wall reinforcing material, a reactive material, and inorganic nanoparticles, and allowing polymerization of the outer wall reinforcing material and the reactive material to proceed at the interface. Specifically, the organic-inorganic hybrid microcapsule can stably support an active ingredient and then effectively express its activity by pressure, and exhibit a characteristic of gradually releasing the active ingredient at room temperature.

Abstract: Provided is a method of compressing an occupancy map of a three-dimensional (3D) point cloud, and more specifically, a method of compressing an occupancy map of a point cloud in which an occupancy map image of a point cloud existing in a 3D space is compressed based on a compression quality or a patch-by-patch inspection method of the occupancy map image so that compression distortion is minimized when reconstructing the compressed occupancy map image so as to remarkably improve the quality of a reconstructed occupancy map image.

Abstract: An inductor includes a first magnetic body having a toroidal shape and having a ferrite; and a second magnetic body configured to be different from the first magnetic body and including a metal ribbon, wherein the second magnetic body includes an outer magnetic body disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the first magnetic body and an inner magnetic body disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the first magnetic body, and each of the outer magnetic body and inner magnetic body is wound in a plurality of layers in a circumferential direction of the first magnetic body.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment of a stress disease and depression, the pharmaceutical composition be safely useable without toxicity and side effects by using an extract of leaves of Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb., which is natural resource of Korea, so that the reduction of manufacturing and production costs and the import substitution and export effects can be expected through the replacement of a raw material for preparation with a plant inhabiting in nature.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an optoelectronic device based on a dual micro-cavity structure, and more particularly, to a technology that simultaneously realizes the high Q factors of the three primary colors in an optoelectronic device based on a dual micro-cavity structure. The optoelectronic device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to a self-emissive device, and includes a first reflector layer, an active cavity layer formed on the first reflector layer, a second reflector layer formed on the active cavity layer, an external cavity layer formed on the second reflector layer, a third reflector layer formed on the external cavity layer, and a passivation layer formed on the third reflector layer, wherein a first micro-cavity corresponding to the first and second reflector layers and a second micro-cavity corresponding to the second and third reflector layers may be generated.

Abstract: Provided is yarn for a cell culture scaffold. The yarn for a cell culture scaffold according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes slitting yarn produced by cutting a compressed nanofiber web to a predetermined width. Accordingly, by creating microenvironments suitable for migration, proliferation and differentiation of cells, cell viability may be enhanced and cells may be three-dimensionally proliferated. In addition, a scaffold according to the present invention has a mechanical strength sufficient for prevention of disruption of the scaffold which occurs during cell culture, such that cells may be stably proliferated. Further, the scaffold according to the present invention uses slitting yarn formed of the compressed nanofiber web, thereby having pores with various sizes, and therefore cell proliferation and cell viability may be enhanced by creation of an extracellular matrix-like environment.